Vector-Borne Bacterial Diseases: a Neglected Field of Infection Diseases Research

Laroche, M. and Weeks, E.N.I.

University of Texas, Galveston, TX and University of Florida, Gainseville.

Med. Vet. Entomol. 2023: 37: 177-178. DOI: 10.1111/mve.12646

Summary [VVBD Committee]: This short but interesting editorial reviews the bacteria transmitted by arthropods and concludes that although the burden of bacterial arthropod-borne bacterial diseases remains lower than the joint burden of parasitic and viral arthropod-borne diseases, there is an undeniable need to study these neglected pathogens. Significant gaps in their ecology, transmission pathogenesis still need to be filled.